The Dallas Morning News

Governor Abbott calls special legislative session on school choice, border security; Biden expedites 20 miles of new border wall in South Texas but doesn’t think it will work; Dallas Animal Services is over capacity in unusual fall surge, seeks short-term fosters; Texas economy chugs along, despite threats of recession, Comptroller Glenn Hegar says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

Rangers sweep Rays to win AL Wild Card Series; Carrollton man who advertised fentanyl pills on social media sentenced to 9 years; Would-be successors to deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy court Texas Republicans; Tarrant County drops funding for Girls Inc., citing its support for LGBT, abortion rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wet weather today will usher in cooler weather this weekend; Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson continues to veer into partisan politics while holding the city’s top nonpartisan elected position; Elon Musk facing defamation lawsuit in Texas over posts that falsely identified man in protest; Kevin McCarthy voted out as House speaker in dramatic showdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson keeps saying he got 98.7% reelection votes. It’s not true; Dallas’ new short-term rental rules unconstitutional, lawsuit alleges; City of Dallas will launch two mobile units to help ensure day laborers get a fair deal; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ted Cruz voted against deal to avert government shutdown; Dems make it a campaign issue; 2 jurors say they failed Tony Timpa in verdict for Dallas cops; Deadly Fake fentanyl series ends after 30 days, nearly 50 stories; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In government shutdown blame game, many Texas Republicans say pain will be worth it; John Cornyn on Texas AG Ken Paxton impeachment trial verdict: ‘It’s time to move on.’; Dallas tenant has to move out after speaking to reporter about getting a free AC; Harvest moon 2023 will rise over Texas this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Civil jury awards $1 million to son of man who died as Dallas cop knelt on him; ‘Dallas voters... defrauded’: County Democrats call on Mayor Eric Johnson to resign; Allen doctor, 2 pharmacists face federal charges in $170M health care fraud scheme; Donald Trump coming to Dallas on Nov. 1 as part of Texas fundraising swing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Staff writer Sharon Grigsby discusses her profile of 19-year-old Colin Temple, a Dallas teen who turned his life around after a May 2021 overdose and subsequent fentanyl detox. This special audio report is part of The News' "Deadly Fake" series on how fentanyl has affected North Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comptroller Ken Paxton must sue the state if he wants $50,000 in back pay; Civil jury begins deliberating if Dallas officers responsible for Tony Timpa’s death; Texas drag ban blocked, federal judge rules new law unconstitutional; Dallas paramedic who kicked, punched homeless man gets his job back; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whistleblowers want to see Ken Paxton in ‘a real court’;  Mass shootings in Uvalde and Allen propel Dems vying to face gun rights champion Ted Cruz; New details released after 5 suspects arrested in slaying of Fort Worth 18-year-old; What we know about the civil trial of four Dallas officers accused in Tony Timpa’s death Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Authorities are investigating after a body was found Sunday afternoon at the Tenison Park Golf Course in Old East Dallas; Severe storms Sunday caused power outages and flight delays; Rangers swept Seattle; Cowboys struggled in a loss at Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A teen who fatally shot one person and wounded another outside Lamar High School in March was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison; If Dallas police officer Dustin Dillard could redo the night of Tony Timpa’s death, he’d be more assertive he said Thursday, Ken Paxton bashes Texas House Speaker, Sen. John Cornyn in interview; Missing tortoise returned to owner. Learn more about your ad choices....

The opioid epidemic is deadly and expensive. Here’s what it has cost Texas; Bank of America to relocate workers into new Uptown tower overlooking Klyde Warren Park; TCU athletic director urges Congress to step in as NIL deals upend college sports; Prosper ISD planning second football stadium with $94M price tag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dallas considers gunshot detection system to address random gunfire; Dallas has more than 3,400 vacancies on city staff; Convicted murderer Billy Chemirmir killed in prison by his cellmate; Dallas officer testifies he isn’t responsible for Tony Timpa’s death in police custody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Timpa died after a Dallas cop knelt on him. Now a civil jury will hear what happened; Dallas police release video showing shootout that wounded officer; American Airlines passengers ‘profoundly shocked’ after teen finds camera in bathroom; Gay dads face hate in a small Texas town, but then help uncover major embezzlement scheme; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

Fentanyl victims’ families applaud Abbott’s efforts, but many want a broader approach; Dallas’ Cathedral of Hope holds service blessing drag queens amid protests; Man sues, says Cedar Hill and Methodist Health police broke his leg during arrest; the Dallas Cowboys ride their defense to another dominating win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Dallas officers hospitalized after being struck by car while responding to shooting; Woman sentenced after killing husband in DeSoto, burying his body and fleeing to Mexico; Dallas ISD will join lawsuit seeking to block new A-F school scores; Code Two: Inside the fentanyl fight at one North Texas school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Staff writer Maggie Prosser discusses the story of Carrollton’s R.L. Turner High School, which has become a symbol for the drug epidemic in North Texas. Fentanyl is not just an R.L. Turner problem, or a Carrollton problem, or a North Texas problem: Nationwide, the drug was involved in more than three-quarters of adolescent overdose deaths in 2021, and a quarter of cases involved fake pills. Death...

Rangers starter Max Scherzer ‘unlikely’ to pitch again in 2023; Dallas approves $65 million developer contract for downtown convention center rebuild; COVID-19 continues to rise with fall respiratory season around the corner, North Texas hospitals report; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brandon Cammack testified Tuesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial; Ted Cruz rails against mask mandates in a Maryland school; new Texas Education scorecard release delayed; and the Rangers' win Tuesday may be a pyrrhic victory with injury to Max Scherzer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Texas woman files complaint after she says police mistakenly kicked in her door; What you need to know about Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial; Which days have the highest rain chances for North Texas this week? The cool D-FW forecast; Allen declines to release additional records related to mall mass shooting; Texas Rangers' rookie Evan Carter hit his first Major League home run in a 1...

How to keep kids safe in the age of fentanyl; Tarmac delays are all the (out)rage on social media. What you need to know; How hardball politics, high stakes for senators shape Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial;  And the Dallas Cowboys dominated the New York Giants 40-0 in their season opener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sexual assault lawsuit against Cowboys’ Jerry Jones will move forward, supreme court rules; Senator Cornyn calls impeachment allegations against Texas AG Ken Paxton ‘deeply disturbing’; Amended $4.6B Dallas budget would trim police hiring goal, lower property tax; New NASA images reveal Dallas is a pollution hotspot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 2 of Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial; Judge orders Texas to remove anti-migrant river buoys, rejects Abbott ‘invasion’ claim; Texas jails, prisons on lockdown after spike in violence, mailed-in drugs, TDCJ says; Researchers suggest turning over 50 D-FW office buildings into apartments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What to know about Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial; More than 800,000 files stolen during ransomware attack, Dallas officials say; Dallas under heat advisory through Wednesday but may have ‘fall-like weather’ next week; India company builds million-dollar homes with grass-covered rooftops in Frisco; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices